Low Incidence of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia in The Netherlands in 2009

• Brigitte A. G. L. van Cleef ,

  * E-mail: brivancleef@gmail.com

  Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medische Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

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• Birgit H. B. van Benthem,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Anja P. J. Haenen,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Thijs Bosch,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Jos Monen,

  Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, RIVM National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans

  Affiliations Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands, Laboratory for Medische Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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